george-orwells-six-rules

                            1984! what a year and what good advice George!

(i) Never use a metaphor, simile, or other figure of speech which you are used to seeing in print.
(ii) Never use a long word where a short one will do.
(iii) If it is possible to cut a word out, always cut it out.
(iv) Never use the passive where you can use the active.
(v) Never use a foreign phrase, a scientific word, or a jargon word if you can think of an everyday English equivalent.
(vi) Break any of these rules sooner than say anything outright barbarous.

read more at: http://www.openculture.com/2016/05/george-orwells-six-rules-for-writing-clear-and-tight-prose.html

 (just keeping it short and to the point at 1:09 am)
 yours,
up all night deep in re-writes
JD Helfert A.K.A The Night Owl